Tooele News

Elva Sarah Fenn Webb, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, passed away Nov. 21, 2009 of natural causes.

Mary Hansen pulls out books given to her about Alzheimer's disease and being a caregiver at her home in Grantsville Tuesday.

Carolyn Quist goes over flash cards with Chandler Garrard Tuesday morning in the West Elementary School autism class.

Robert Pacheco walks out of Main Street Coin Laundry next to two vacant storefronts next door Thursday morning.

While still higher than the state average, youth alcohol and cigarette use in Tooele County is on the decline, according to the 2009 Prevention Needs Assessment conducted by the state Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health.

The night is darkest before the dawn, the old saying goes, and that might be true of this recession as well.

Patty Johnson stands with a photo of her and her son Ryan, who has spent the last 114 days at University Hospital fighting complications from a premature birth.

Scientists speculate rock could have impacted in Dugway Proving Ground A meteor made a surprise appearance over the dark skies of Tooele County just after midnight Wednesday, sending a bright light cascading into bedroom windows and awakening many - if they weren't awake already.

Lehi A Galloway left his loving family on Friday, Jan. 2, 2009. He was born April 13, 1932, in Idaho.

" After an eight month undercover investigation, PETA is accusing the University of Utah of "Animal neglect and abuse in their research labs." PETA claims, about a year ago, there were numerous complaints from local advocates.

Duane Edwin Clark, 81, South Jordan, Utah, formerly of Mosinee, died Monday, Nov.

Milo Berry talks in his office at Tooele City Hall Thursday afternoon. Berry is retiring from his position as the founder of the Communities that Care program.

New Hope House teacher Sandy Whiting helps Charice with school work Monday morning.

In hindsight, it was a symbolic moment: At a Tooele County Chamber of Commerce banquet last January, motivational speaker Chad Hymas challenged the mayors of Tooele and Grantsville, both in attendance, to open a bottle of water without using their hands.

Two married Tooele police officers were fired for driving while drunk, playing Twister in uniform while drunk and sexually harassing another couple, according to allegations released this week.

A Tooele man was flown to a Salt Lake hospital in serious condition Wednesday after a head-on collision.

Mountain West Medical Center CEO Kelly Duffin stands in front of the construction site where the women's center will be built.

Flowers lay near the site of a weekend head-on collision on SR-138 in Stansbury Park Monday afternoon.

New details have emerged regarding the firing of two Tooele City police officers - a married couple - in late June following a five-month internal investigation into allegations of misconduct.

Errol passed away Oct. 27, 2009. He was 63 years old. He was born to Wesley A. Peterson and Alice Wrathall Peterson on June 10, 1946 and was raised in Grantsville.